Another honor for legendary judge

George Leighton started a case at age 86. Eleven years later, at age 97, he still comes in to his law office every day, and he's ready to handle what he hopes will be the final argument to dismiss the case Jan. 21.

"I hope," he adds with a laugh. "It's been a great 97 years. And I owe it all to the people of Chicago. They gave me a chance."

The retired federal judge "rose from abject poverty to the greatest heights of the legal profession. He is a legal trailblazer of unbelievable accomplishment," said Jerold Solovy, chairman of the Jenner & Block law firm. Solovy endowed a scholarship in Leighton's name at Harvard Law School. On Leighton's office wall hangs a letter from …

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Experts weigh in on Pennsylvania's, midstate's next decade

A leaner, more automated manufacturing sector. A greener construction industry. A health care industry dramatically reshaped by reform whose ultimate effect is far from clear.

Last week, the Business Journal reported on the evolution of Pennsylvania and midstate economic sectors over the past decade. This week, we asked experts to predict what changes the next 10 years would bring.

The state's gross domestic product will grow from 3.2 percent to 5.7 percent annually, reaching $871 billion by 2020, according to projections by Moody's Analytics. That growth is in nominal dollars, which are not …

Kemp, Martin homer to power Dodgers past Zambrano, Cubs 7-3

Matt Kemp capped a five-run seventh inning with a three-run homer, Russell Martin also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Saturday.

Martin finished with three RBIs as the Dodgers sent Zambrano to his first loss in 11 starts. Derek Lowe (4-5) allowed three runs and six hits through seven innings, striking out four and walking two.

Lowe pitched no-hit ball through the first four innings in a rematch of his head-to-head duel with Zambrano on May 28 at Wrigley Field, when he tossed seven scoreless innings and Zambrano held the Dodgers to one run over eight. Neither got a decision in the Cubs' 2-1 victory.

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Ramblers bounce Boilermakers: Loyola 80, purdue 65. Balanced attack nets first win over Big Ten team since '94

By the end of the season, Loyola's 80-65 victory over Purdue mightnot be its biggest win.

But the Ramblers' first victory over a Big Ten team since 1994 fortheir best start (6-1) since 1979 is sure to be looked back on as asteppingstone.

"I don't know how long it's been since we've beaten a Big Tenteam," junior guard Blake Schilb said. "We tried to focus on gettingeveryone involved and showing our fans we were prepared."

The Gentile Center crowd of 4,125 saw all of that and more as fiveRamblers scored in double figures and five got at least four reboundsto match the bigger Boilermakers (3-4) on the boards 36-36. Loyolahad 14 assists to only nine …

Penny-Pinching Cubs Give Replacements the Bum's Rush

These multimillionaire baseball owners are really a class act allthe way, aren't they?

Warms your heart, makes you proud to be an American, doesn't it,to know this bunch is in charge of safeguarding our once-upon-a-timenational pastime?

Here we have acting Commissioner (and Milwaukee Brewers owner)Bud Selig standing up at the microphones Sunday to announce the endof the baseball strike and with a straight face, so help me, tellingus that he "would like to take a moment, on behalf of Major LeagueBaseball, to thank all the replacement players who interrupted theirlives to help us out."

Very touching.

So touching that the Cubs - owned by Tribune …

Canada's Halbert stands tall on WC ski circuit

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Kelby Halbert is almost too big to be a skier.

At 6 feet, 8 inches (2.032 m) and almost 240 pounds (108 kgs), Halbert is Canada's downhill skiing giant.

On the World Cup circuit, only 6-5 (1.95 m) Marc Gisin of Italy comes close to him in height.

"If you put me in a crowd of ski racers, I'm typically about a head above every one," Halbert said Thursday after his first training run for the Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup.

"There's a few advantages," Halbert said. "One of them is I'm quite a bit heavier and it's a gravity-based sport so I can build speed and carry it very well compared to some of the smaller guys on the …

It's mentor vs. pupil when UConn meets Temple

In Tonya Cardoza's first season as the head coach at Temple, former boss Geno Auriemma said she constantly sent him text messages about her many struggles.

But that was last year, her first in 15 away from the powerhouse that is Connecticut.

"To be honest, I was spoiled," Cardoza said Monday. "I had coached greatness, been a part of greatness. I hadn't lost many games and, to be honest, I was just being a big baby."

This year, the messages stopped as Cardoza and her team found a comfort zone, the systems she installed took hold and the success they enjoyed in her first season got more consistent.

Cardoza and the Owls …